Black Cat Bone: The Anthology

Performer: Johnny Winter
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: The huge catalog of prolific bluesman Johnny Winter can be a daunting thing, but BLACK CAT BONE: THE ANTHOLOGY has a distinctive slant on Winter's work; it focuses mainly on rare recordings (including many live tracks) from early in the incendiary guitarist's career, allowing us to hear his hard-driving style taking shape before our very ears. Note: most of these tracks, along with others of the same vintage, have been compiled on other collections (mostly on the Thunderbolt label) like ELECTRIC BLUESMAN and ORIGINAL WINTER: THE SIXTIES SESSIONS.

Texan blues guitarist Johnny Winter, surely the first albino blues guitar hero, was already a convincing artist in the '60s when still in his teens. At the dawn of the '70s, he embraced the sound of the time, adopting a louder, more frenetic blues-rock style. Backed by the McCoys, including guitarist Rick Derringer, he released a series of classic blues-rock albums, while his keyboard-playing brother Edgar, with whom Johnny played on and off over the years, achieved stardom in his own right. At the end of the '70s, Winter produced Muddy Waters, helping him make a triumphant comeback. In the ensuing decades, Winter maintained a prolific schedule of touring and recording.

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